… This study applies a new concept, a new analytical method and presents a new analytical
… the author to estimate the vertical impact forces of train wheels imposed on railway tracks 54 …

… the vertical impact forces on railway tracks due to track profile irregularities. 97th … NO,
Application of a new concept and a method to estimate the vertical impact forces on railway tracks …

… -bridge method, the industry has trialled and implemented some other methods of impact
force estimation including the use of rail mounted accelerometer arrays. The Australian railway …

… a new technique to estimate dynamic impact forces on railway … kinematics and a new concept
of impact reduction factor that … vertical deviation in track profile, the lower its impact will be. …

… stress approach makes use of an empirical function taking into … of impact forces at different
train speeds are shown in Figure 28. It … of the impact forces is dependent on the train speeds. …

… uses both finite element and experimental techniques to evaluate the aforementioned methods
… of a railway track with accelerometers and vertical load full-bridges to perform a proofof-…

… The rate of development of an imperfection and the speed of the train determine the part
of this potential energy3 that releases onto the track superstructure and hence the impact …

… introduced a new concept of impact reduction factor and a new method based on the … of
the new equation K j that estimates the secondary vertical impact force on a structure as a train …

… to measure vertical wheel-rail contact forces at up to 2 kHz in the field, and four different
classes of rail … In the future, we plan to use the 1/7 scaled V-Track to reproduce wheel and rail …

… Tunna [8] used a similar technique to calculate contact forces … train/track interaction problem
is solved numerically by use of a … An initial value problem for the general solution of vertical …